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Supreme Court on sedition law 124A
May 13 , 2022
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- The Supreme Court suspended pending criminal trials and court proceedings under Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.
- It was argued in court that about 13,000 people were already in jail under the sedition provision.
- Section 124A says a person commits the crime of sedition, if he/she brings or attempts to bring in hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the government established by law in India.
- It can be by words, either spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise.
- It prescribes the maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
- The law on sedition was not there in the original IPC, which came into force in 1862.
- It was added to the Code in 1870 and its ambit was expanded in 1898 with a view to crush the freedom movement.
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